Example sentences of "[was/were] a reason for " in BNC.

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1	But some people did say that high interest rates were a reason for not using credit cards , personal loans from finance companies , HP or second mortgages for home improvements .
2	The rising costs of warfare by the late thirteenth century were a reason for fiscal innovations .
3	This was now ; there was a reason for everything ; it was simply a matter of courage and patience .
4	The DHAC had proved that new and imaginative methods of protest could make an impact on the Unionist administration at the Guildhall , but for most opponents of the Unionist Party in Derry this was a reason for achieving a greater degree of anti-Unionist unity in order to press home their advantage , not to become equally hostile to the Nationalist Party .
5	She told me that she was relieved to know that there was a reason for it , even if the root cause had occurred so long ago .
6	The lack of a gold standard for health service need was a reason for using standardised mortality ratio in the RAWP formula .
7	But there was a reason for letting Yuan talk to you first .
8	There was a reason for this .
9	Erm not unless there was a reason for it .
10	Er they night go back to it then if they really wanted to , or usually there was a reason for it .
11	Er and just be a home-maker unless as I said if there was a reason for it , if they needed the money .
12	Oh , there was a reason for it .
13	He was a reason for a whole other meeting and they decided to accept him into their harmony .
14	Now there are times when Jesus actually sat down with his disciples afterwards and explained to them what the parable was about and there was a reason for that , it was because , simply , the folk would not have understood it .
15	No , there was a reason for it .
16	No , there was a reason for it .
17	He believed on this sad day that feeling of reconciliation was a reason for hope .

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